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BGF Battalion 1016 accused of running drug ring
A local woman from T’Nay Hsah Township killed by villager who reportedly used amphetamines that were manufactured and distributed by commander of Border Guard Battalion 1016.
A report by the community-based human rights organisation, the Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) has documented the rape and murder of a Pa’an woman.
The 21-year-old woman was reportedly killed by a 23-year-old man she was engaged to be married to.
Local sources said the perpetrator was a regular user of the drug ‘Ya-ba’.
Ya-ba, known as the ‘mad medicine drug’, is a mix of methamphetamine and caffeine and usually taken in pill form. One villager reported that Ya-ba is one of the areas biggest problems.